The Gamma Ray Skies

What causes the cosmic explosions of gamma rays observed by scientists?

• 30 mins

Human microbes

In a new series, Geoff Watts investigates the bacteria flourishing on our bodies.

• 30 mins

08/06/2011

Sue Broom meets the scientists using GM technology to control animal disease.

• 30 mins

15/06/2011

Roland Pease reports from Japan on the lessons learnt from the recent tsunami.

• 30 mins

22/06/2011

What's wrong with earthquake science? Roland Pease investigates.

• 30 mins

29/06/2011

How a meteorite that landed on Earth 100 years ago is helping astronomers explore Mars.

• 30 mins

Ageing and Telomeres

Is there a test for how long you will live? Controversies in cutting edge ageing research.

• 30 mins

02/11/2011

Did CERN scientists really break the universal speed limit? Roland Pease investigates.

• 30 mins

09/11/2011

Exploring Antarctica's subglacial lakes for new lifeforms and future sea level rise clues.

• 30 mins

16/11/2011

Vivienne Parry explores the crucial role the hormone leptin plays in the body.

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23/11/2011

Antivirals. Kevin Fong looks at new techniques to cure all viral infections.

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30/11/2011

Geoff Watts explores the origins of depression and efforts to find new treatments.

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07/12/2011

Gareth Mitchell ask how near we are to achieving hypersonic flight.

• 30 mins

Transit of Venus

Marek Kukula explores the forthcoming transit of Venus across the face of the Sun.

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Engineering Flu

Genetically engineered bird flu - lessons for pandemic preparations. Kevin Fong reports.

• 30 mins

Artificial Photosynthesis

Andrea Sella on the race to find a cheap inorganic way to mimic nature's green stuff.

• 30 mins

20/06/2012

Geoff Watts explores new techniques in gene therapy for cystic fibrosis.

• 28 mins

27/06/2012

Creating Blood: Vivienne Parry meets scientists hoping to create artificial blood.

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04/07/2012

Gareth Mitchell meets the engineers who will transform the way we fly around the world.

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Future of Particle Physics

Tracey Logan asks what particle physicists are doing after finding the Higgs boson.

• 28 mins

Why do women live longer than men?

Dr Yan Wong explores new theories on gender and ageing.

• 28 mins

Anthropocene

Has humanity launched a new geological time period? Gaia Vince on the Anthropocene Epoch.

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Brain Machine Interfaces

Geoff Watts looks into how scientists can use the mind to control artificial limbs.

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05/12/2012

Adam Rutherford reports on the recent discovery that much of our DNA is not useless junk.

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Forensic Phonetics

Rebecca Morelle explores how the forensic science of speech is helping to solve crime.

• 28 mins

Build Me a Brain

Roland Pease reports on scientists building brains from scratch in the lab.

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19/06/2013

Can we beat bacteria by stopping the bugs from talking to each other?

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Whatever happened to biofuels?

Gaia Vince asks if we can ever run our vehicles on biofuels from algae or bacteria.

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Plate Tectonics and Life

Roland Pease on the idea that life on early Earth led to the evolution of plate tectonics.

• 28 mins

Crossrail - Tunnelling under London

How 26 miles of precision-engineered tunnels are created through London's erratic geology.

• 28 mins